feccan

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Apparently an alteration of fetian, fatian (“to fetch, induce, marry”), from Proto-West Germanic *fatōn, from Proto-Germanic *fatōną, *fatjaną (“to fetch”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“foot”).

Cognate with Old Frisian fatia (“to fetch”), Old High German fazzōn (“to touch, grasp”) (German fassen), Old Norse fata, feta (“to go, step”) (Icelandic feta). More at foot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfet.t͡ʃɑn/

Verb

feċċan

  1. to fetch, bring; to draw
  2. to seek; to gain, take

Conjugation

Conjugation of feċċan (weak, class 1)
infinitive feċċan feċċenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular feċċe feahte
second person singular feċest feahtest
third person singular feċeþ feahte
plural feċċaþ feahton
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular feċċe feahte
plural feċċen feahten
imperative
singular feċe
plural feċċaþ
participle present past
feċċende (ġe)feaht

Descendants

  • Middle English: fecchen, facchen, focchen, vecchen, vacchen
    • English: fetch
    • Yola: vetch
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